![]() ![]() And with this the narrator’s love feels insecure too. Hello darkness, my old friend / Ive come to talk with you again. ![]() I said, be careful, his bowtie is really a camera …īeautifully performed, not merely with the trademark vocal harmonies, but also with a soprano sax, pipe organ and acoustic guitars, the song not only evokes the feel of travelling on the road, but brilliantly captures a cinematic image of many people traversing the country, with hopes and dreams, and yet living an existence that is fragile. She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy 'I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine.' Whilst Simon is on his travels and all the way to America, she is at home, minding her own business, reading a magazine. Let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together Ive got some real estate here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces 'Kathy, I sit' is him recounting his travels to her, action by action, in hope that she will respond and be interested. It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw Wagner's piesĬathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. ![]() I've got some real estate here in my bag. Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together 1 of 6 View slideshow 'America' by Simon & Garfunkel Listen 3:53 Playlist In 1968, Simon and Garfunkel released the bittersweet song 'America' - a tune about a man leaving Saginaw. The narrator takes a four-day hitch-hike from Saginaw before boarding a Greyhound bus with his girlfriend before they privately laugh and joke about other passengers, wondering about their secret identities: Simon and Garfunkel: Stars pay tribute to Paul Simon’s legacy in CBS special. It appeared on the duo’s 1968 album, Bookends, and was released as a single for the 1972 Greatest Hits LP. It was inspired by a trip he took with his then girlfriend, Kath Chitty in 1964. America Lyrics: 'Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together' / 'I've got some real estate here in my bag' / So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Following yesterday’s joyous Modern Lovers number about riding along Route 128 with the radio on, we take a much longer, and more wistful road trip with one of the finest songs written by Paul Simon. 'Let us be lovers well marry our fortunes together' 'Ive got some real estate here in my bag' So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. ![]()
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